Backyard and Downtown

It's been a few years since I photographed the Penstemon (beardtongue) flowers. I have them planted out front, but with the tree growing bigger in the middle of the garden, they no longer do well there. However, last year, I transplanted one to the back where it has thrived. Unfortunately, it was in decline by the time I decided to snatch a few photos, but there were still enough decent blooms to snap a couple of shots.

Sometimes, I feel the need to get out on my own and to just wander about with the camera, so that same evening, I drove to a few spots downtown.

I have taken several photos of townhall from this angle from across the river in better light than this, but this will do with a longer lens than I normally use in this situation..

I then wandered over the St James church. It is Pride Week, and this church embraces the event as you can see by the flag over the doorway. I left the flowers in the shot deliberately, but I really needed a wider lens to do it properly. I was shooting with a long lens that evening in all of the photos.

My next stop was on the bridge where I incorporated the beautiful hanging flower baskets into two photos. This first one has the townhall tower in the background. I might return some time with a tripod and use photo stacking to get both the flowers and the tower in focus. But I like this well enough as is with the tower a bit out of focus.

Finally, looking upriver past the flowers.

As an after thought, I am including a photo of Danica by the river, from  earlier in the day.